Page 81 of Stone Seduction
Too much.
Too much.
Too much.
“Luke?” Ember’s voice dragged me over hot coals.
I curled my hands into fists, slamming them into the ground. The epicenter of every painful sensation breaking free, breaking free, breaking free.
Kinetic energy dragged me back to my feet, lifting me off the ground. I hovered above Ember, her eyes wide in the ruin of her face.
“Luke?”
My anger compressed into a sphere of determination. “Don’t ever touch me again.”
She tried to speak, getting a face full of water. The force lifted her off her feet, sending her flying toward the lava lake. Her arms pinwheeled, but she didn’t cry out, not even when she hit the surface. Even when she ignited, bobbing for twenty seconds before the lake swallowed her, she stayed quiet.
Oh, well. This didn’t count anyway. We might be able to attack and hurt each other here, but the damage wasn’t lasting. The air of this place told me so. Reality awaited a true fight later on—one with irreparable consequences.
I left the cavern, my memories back in their box, my powers active once again. The lingering pain of Ember’s cock kicks abated, cold air greeting me in a refreshing cuddle. The bubble of glittering magic popped, the gas mask humans scrambling to seize me.
I roasted them alive on the bridge, checking on the situation beyond.
There were monsters everywhere, including chimera. They unleashed their scarlet fires, making those creepy lizard babies. Gargoyles battled them, but they were seriously overwhelmed. In the distance, I saw more flying in to help.
Look at the size of that snake. Yikes! And it’d locked its greedy eyes on Asher.
I don’t think so.
Leaving the humans to smoke, I reached for the snake’s power, locking onto every single chimera at the same time. A new method to try, taking so many powers at once.
The snake’s attention moved to me. “What is this?”
Ooo. Such a scary voice.
Sweat beaded my brow, the intensity of this performance set to knock me out.
Fuck it.
“Luke!” Asher called.
Not now, lemon slice.
Lemon slice?
Slowly, I closed both my hands, the monsters resisting the pull. Piece by piece, their powers broke loose, coming to me. A smaller monster resembling a moth flew at my face. The gargoyle protection sent it packing. It exploded in green dust, gone for now.
Lucky escape.
“Unhand me!” the snake roared.
Dream on.
Streams of chimera fire came at me, but I rejected it, snuffing out each one. The monsters fell, crashing to the ground, taking their human riders with them.
I rejected every ability, including the snake venom. I could do that. My body wasn’t ready for too many abilities at once, so I focused on extermination.
These aren’t worthy of me, anyway.
